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Montrose
is the
debut
studio album
by
American
Hard Rock Band
released in
October 1973
by Warner Bros.
It was produced by
Ted Templeman.
Montrose
marks the career
debut of
singer-guitarist
who would
later achieve
significant success
as a
solo artist
and as a
member of
Van Halen.
History
Montrose
was guitarist
Ronnie Montrose's
first record
leading his own band,
after having
done session work
for various musicians,
including
Van Morrison,
Herbie Hancock
and
Edgar Winter.
The band included
Denny Carmassi
(drums),
Bill Church
(bass),
and a
then-unknown
Sammy Hagar
(vocals).
Ronnie Montrose
mainly used a
Gibson Les Paul,
a Fender Bandmaster amp,
and a Big
Muff fuzzbox
by Electro-Harmonix
in recording
the album.
The album was
not successful
upon release,
peaking at No. 133
on the
US Billboard 200.
"Rock Candy"
and
"Bad Motor Scooter"
were the
only tracks
to receive
radio airplay.
It has been reported
that the band's label,
Warner Bros.,
did not know how
to market
Montrose,
already having
the Doobie Brothers
and
Deep Purple
to cover the
rock genres,
saw the band
as something of a
redundancy on
their roster
of artists.
In 1974,
the album was
issued in
Europe
via Germany
under the title
Rock the Nation.
This release
duplicated the
track listing
of the
U.S. album,
but had a
different
front sleeve image,
replacing the
band's photo
with that of a
large-busted blonde girl
sporting a
pink see-through blouse.
Montrose
eventually proved
to be
an international
sleeper hit,
selling in excess
of one million copies
and attaining
platinum status
in 1986.
Some critics
have arguably
labeled it the
"first American heavy metal album".
Often being cited as
"America's answer
to Led Zeppelin",
it is held to be
influential among
hard rock
and
heavy metal musicians.
Montrose
was voted as the
4th best Metal Album
of All Time by
Kerrang! magazine
in 1989.
That same year,
Hit Parader
named it within
the Top
100 Heavy
Metal albums
of all time
Paper Money
is the
second
studio album
by the American
Hard Rock band
released on
October 11, 1974,
by Warner Bros. Records.
It was produced by
Ted Templeman
and is the band's
final recording
with origina
l vocalist
Sammy Hagar.
It marks the arrival
of new bass player
Alan Fitzgerald,
replacing original
bassist
Bill Church.
History
Paper Money
was the band's
highest-charting release,
reaching No. 65
on the
Billboard 200.
To promote the album,
the band appeared live
on
The Midnight Special
television show,
performing
"Paper Money"
and
"I Got the Fire".
After building
acrimony between
Ronnie Montrose
and
Sammy Hagar
reached a peak
during the band's
1974–75
European tour
to promote
Paper Money,
Hagar parted ways
with the band
in early
February 1975
and was replaced
by vocalist
Bob James.
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